54:9
This verse describes salvation, or rather God’s attitude towards us. And the flood and Noah are used as an illustration of that change. In the days of Noah God sent a flood on all the earth (which may or may not refer to absolutely all the earth, or to a very wide regional area). After that judgement God swore never to flood the earth like that again (which would tend to favour a whole earth view). What it means now is that the cross has dealt with judgement once and for all for those who believe.
54:10
Again things are expressed in terms of God’s attitude towards us. The revelation of God is primarily a relational revelation. His greatness, His power and almightiness, and all the “omnis” are, of course, important, essential even, but the heart of the revelation in Scripture is relational. Here God declares that His love for His people will not be shaken, His covenant of peace not removed, and He is the God who has compassion upon us.
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